KYIV, April 25 - AvtoKrAZ, the only Ukrainian manufacturer of heavy trucks, plans to boost production and sales of trucks to 1,200 units in 2018, while in 2017 the company made 629 trucks and sold 677 units, according to a financial report for 2017.

KYIV, April 24 – The Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise (UkSATSE) is interested in the development of innovative technologies for identification of drones for air traffic safety.

KYIV, April 24 – Grain harvest in Ukraine in the 2018/19 agricultural year (July-June) could grow by 3% compared with the previous year, to 61.85 million tons, according to projections of the Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA).

BERLIN, April 24 - Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrayiny have not yet started talks on the future of transit of Russian gas via Ukraine; there is only consultation on this subject, Gazprom's Deputy Chairman Alexander Medvedev told journalists in Berlin.

KYIV, April 24 – A recent raid by the SBU security service of the aircraft engine maker Motor Sich was an attempt to seize the assets by rival business interests, Viacheslav Bohuslayev, Motor Sich president and the largest shareholder, said Tuesday.

KIEV, April 24 – Ukrainian Sea Port Authority has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Kernel, a large Ukrainian agrarian group, to boost cargo flow at the Chornomorsk maritime merchandise port (Odessa region).

KIEV, April 24 - Luhansk Energy Association LLC on April 25, 2017 under a decision of Ukraine' Energy and Coal Industry and state-run enterprise Energomarket has halted supplies of electricity to the separatist-controlled areas of Luhansk region, Director General of Luhansk Energy Association Volodymyr Hrytsai said on Luhansk regional TV on Sunday.

KIEV, April 24 – Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee has sent a petition to enforce collection of UAH 172 billion from Russia's Gazprom to the State Enforcement Service of Ukraine.

KIEV, April 24 – Privat Group, the former owner of which is businessman Ihor Kolomoisky, in a report on profit and losses and other revenue for 2016 admitted spending on reserves for depreciation of credits and advance payments to clients in the amount of UAH 144.713 billion, according to a draft audit report of Ernst & Young (E&Y) posted by creative producer of the journalist investigations department of 1+1 TV channel and Groshi television program Oleksandr Dubynsky on his Facebook page.

KIEV, April 24 – SCM Group owner Rinat Akhmetov remained the richest Ukrainian in 2016 according to Focus magazine, with fortune of $2.2 billion.